Janis Joplin(American Musician)

Date of Birth:

January 19, 1943

Date of Death:

October 4, 1970

Nationality:

American

Quote count:

29

Times favorited:

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Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter, and music arranger, from Port Arthur, Texas. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company, and later as a solo artist. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Joplin #46 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. She died in Los Angeles, California of a drug overdose at the age of 27.